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Stone Circles: Not Just at Stonehenge


© David White
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Dec 21, 2001


What does it all mean? Archaeologists and other scientists think that the stone circles were places of worship and/or celestial observation. Whether the ancient Britons worshipped Celtic gods or sun gods or gods of their own description, they very likely used such henge and stone circle structures as focal points for this worship. Seeing such structures still standing today is proof that those structures were built to outlast the people who constructed them, as those people believed the gods they worshipped would do.

Source: History from the Air
 

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2.   Dec 29, 2001 12:43 PM
I BELIEVE THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE COULD FULLY EXPLAIN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CIRCLE.

-- posted by grandma_spider
1.   Dec 21, 2001 7:22 AM
I've visited the Ring of Brodgar and Stones of Stenness on Mainland Orkney, and I must say that in my opinion, they're MUCH more impressive than Stonehenge.

No, the stones aren't as massive, and t ...

-- posted by RoxianneM



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